Oil pipeline blast turns Nairobi slum into an inferno. NAIROBI, Kenya Sept. 12, 2011 -- More than 100 people are feared burned to death in a massive fire that engulfed a crowded slum in the Kenyan ...

When residents of a slum cluster in New Delhi's Janta Camp area heard that the G20 Summit was to be held in the Indian capital, barely 500 metres from their homes, they expected it would benefit ...

The Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, managed to contain its COVID-19 outbreak through meticulous mass testing and strict containment.

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 12, 2023, Section A, Page 23 of the New York edition with the headline: This Slum Has Something to Teach the World.

A before and after photo of an abandoned rental property at 1914-1916 E. Shields Ave. that was on the Fresno Anti-Slum Enforcement Team’s targeted property list. A receivership was appointed to ...